Phishing Scams Targeting the UMN

Monday, April 30, 2018

Example 218: Attention!!!

Fraudulent email promising ATM card with money from "scam artists."

Message Text:

From: [BOGUS UMN ADDRESS]@umn.eduSubject: Attention!!!Date: April 29, 2018 at 16:00:23 CDTTo: Undisclosed recipients:;Reply-To: < xxxxx xxxx @gmail.com>This is to inform you that we have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in America, Europe and Africa with the help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and FBI.We have been able to track down some scam artist in various parts of Europe and African countries which includes (Spain, England, Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Senegal with Cote d'ivoire)They are all in Government custody now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) soon for Justice.

During the course of investigation, we were able to recover some funds from these scamartists and IMF organization have ordered the funds recovered be shared among the 50Lucky people listed around the World as a compensation and this will be done randomly.This notice is being directed to you because your email address was found in one of thescam Artists file and computer hard-disk during investigation may be you have been scammed.

You are therefore being compensated with sum of ($300,000.00) Three hundred thousand US Dollars valid into an ATM Card which shall be mailed to you .Since your email address is among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive the compensation funds, we have arranged your payment to be paid to you through ATM VISA CARD and deliver to your postal address with the pin code as to enable you withdrawal maximum of $5,000 on each withdrawal from any Bank ATM Machine ofyour choice, until all the funds are exhausted.

The ATM Card with Security Pin number shall be delivered to you via courier Service,depending your choice.

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to e-mail us with thefollowing information:YOUR FULL NAME:YOUR AGE:ADDRESS:YOUR COUNTRY:CITY:DIRECT CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:OCCUPATION:NOTE:Send your information to Mr. John Ewing via his email xxxxxxxxxxxxxx @gmail.com

We advice you to stop all communications with everyone regarding your payment as youhave been short listed to receive the compensation and now urge you to comply andreceive your ATM Card funds. Your cooperation will be highly appreciated and ifyou have any further information that will help this investigation and fight againstscam artist. Please do not hesitate to make it available to us.Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions while I wait to hear from you soon.Yours in ServicesMr. John Ewing

TO NOTE:

Mail comes from a non-existent UMN address

Mail seeks personal information

Mail has no specific details - sounds more like a lottery than a legal notice